HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIALS Scroll down for each category: Books, Short Stories, and Articles

Please note that manuscripts and materials will not be returned.
They will be shredded and recycled.
In some extreme circumstances, we will send your material back.

BOOKSProposal Submit a concise proposal by mail or e-mail that describes your work and a short biography with your credentials. We will not open unsolicited E-mail attachments, therefore, be sure that the body of your e-mail addresses whatever you may have attached. Failure to do this may result in the deletion of your e-mail.

Please address in your proposal your target audience, the marketability of your work, and how it will compete against similar works. We only accept manuscripts that are complete, and that have been proofread and polished. Please also include the total page count.

The proposal and biography should not exceed 500 words.

You must have an active E-mail address as this is how we will respond to you. You can expect to receive a reply regarding the acceptance or rejection of your proposal in 4-8 weeks. If you have not heard from us in that period you may contact us regarding the status of your submission. We may not comment on rejections, but we will notify you by E-mail regardless of our decision. If we are interested in your manuscript or work, we will request that a hard copy be mailed to us.

Keep in mind that your proposal is the first thing we see from you. It represents you and your work. It should be polished and free of grammatical and spelling errors. A poorly written proposal may result in a rejection.

Manuscript If we ask for your manuscript we will do so by E-mail. We will then expect a response from you regarding when we can expect the manuscript. If we do not get a response, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing publication with Codex Publishing, Inc. We will ask for you to send one copy (unless otherwise indicated) through regular mail. All books will go through an in-house editorial review (typically by two of our editors). We require at least 4-8 weeks to respond to a manuscript once we receive it. Once we request a manuscript for review, we ask that you do not submit your proposal or manuscript elsewhere. We spend a great deal of time reviewing and marking your manuscript. We are a small press with limited resources and do not have the time to review works that the author is not ultimately considering publishing with us.

Here are things to keep in mind before sending us your manuscript:

As a new, small press, we simply cannot offer advances on manuscripts. We do pay authors' royalties on sales, and this will be outlined in the contract.

We DO NOT offer advance contracts. We simply must have a complete work to review before making a decision.

We DO NOT take simultaneous submissions of manuscripts. We spend a lot of time reading and reviewing manuscripts. If it is under consideration elsewhere, we would appreciate letting us know.

We do not want a rough draft, we want a completed, polished copy, which includes any photographs or illustrations (photocopies are okay at this point), and an index, notes, and bibliography (if appropriate). A rough copy that appears to need an inordinate amount of copyediting will result in rejection.

Our request that you send your manuscript does not imply that we will publish your work. It means that we are interested in potentially publishing your work.

Revisions
Most manuscripts need revisions. Depending on the level of revisions needed we may ask you to revise your manuscript and resubmit it based on the reviews BEFORE we make an offer to publish it. Or, we may accept your work, pending revisions. We expect revisions to be completed in a timely manner. Also, please note that it is unfair for us to spend a great deal of time suggesting revisions only for you to take your work elsewhere.

Accepted/Rejected/Pending Revision
You will be notified by E-mail regarding the acceptance, rejection, or request for revisions, of your manuscript once the review process is complete. We may not comment on rejections, but likely will give you feedback on your work.

SHORT STORIES Some things to consider before you submit to us:

We DO NOT accept previously published material for any of our anthologies.

We acquire first time world rights and re-print rights as outlined in our short story contract. All other rights revert back to the author 24 months following publication as outlined on our release form.

Materials will not be returned. All materials will be shredded and recycled.

Submission:Hard copy via regular mail
Please send one double-spaced typed copy of your story with your name on each page and include page numbers.
With your story, please submit a cover letter with a short biography listing your credentials, stating to which online magazine (ezine) you are submitting; include an active E-mail address.

Compensation:
Before you submit, please be aware that the compensation, unless otherwise noted, will include publication of the work (if accepted) and a possible cash payment, depending on the publication for which you are submitting. Cash payments are paid for science-fiction and fantasy short stories in the amounts ranging from $10-$25. For all short story, authors residing in the United States will receive one free copy of the work delivered via PDF format.

Acceptance or Rejection:
You can expect to receive a reply via E-mail regarding the acceptance or rejection of your manuscript once the review process is complete.

ARTICLES
Things to Consider Before Submitting:
We will consider book and movie reviews (science-fiction and fantasy only) and other articles for publication, regardless of previous publication. All authors will be required to sign our publishing contract which requires authors to assert that their article is copyrighted by them and indemnifies us against any violations of previously published articles, website, blogs, journals, anthologies, or books.

Please note that materials will not be returned. They will be shredded and recycled.

Please note that our Poetry Anthologies are geared toward a wide readership and therefore we will not publish poetry that is offensive, sexually explicit, violent, or puts children in a bad light.

We acquire first-time world rights and re-print rights as outlined in our short story contract. All other rights revert back to the author 24 months following publication as outlined on our release form.

Submission: Hard copy via regular mail
Please send one double-spaced typed copy of your story with your name on each page, and include page numbers.

With your article, please submit a cover letter with a short biography listing your credentials, stating to which online magazine (ezine) you are submitting, and including an active E-mail address.

Compensation: Before you submit please be aware that compensation, unless otherwise noted, will include publication of the work (if accepted) and a possible cash payment, depending on the publication for which you are submitting. Generally, we do not provide cash payments for articles submitted.

ALL SUBMISSIONS:
Hard copy mail is required for all submissions. Articles must be available in Word document form and forwarded via email upon request for a soft copy.